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Benazir Bhutto is dead
Topic Started: Dec 27 2007, 06:14 AM (1,429 Views)
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Shocking.
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Girlfriend says Karachi is pretty crazy - fires burning, people rushing to get off the streets as others with guns and sticks run riot.

Not good.
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After two suicide bomb attacks you've got to question how much effort Musharraf was putting into ensuring her safety.
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Video of aftermath: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=849_1198768030
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moonbat, is she somewhere safe??
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Nothing good can come of this. :mad2:

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Dec 27 2007, 03:33 PM
moonbat, is she somewhere safe??

She's at a friends house, if she stays inside she'll be fine.
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Dec 27 2007, 07:08 AM
After two suicide bomb attacks you've got to question how much effort Musharraf was putting into ensuring her safety.

As I understand it, politicians running for office in Pakistan don't get security details. Unfortunate that Musharraf didn't provide the same security for her that he does for himself. Not sure that he isn't secretly okay with this.

This is what the modern world is up against.
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So, what does this mean? How will it influence the future of Pakistan?
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I just hope it doesn't mean civil war. God what a mess.
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I guess the big question will be whether the elections will go ahead in January and what will happen to her party without her.
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It's always hard to know whom to believe in these types of situations.

Horrible.
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The New York Times story.

To see her coffin is very surreal.

I think it's impossible to understand the ramifications of her murder yet.
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Who to believe? Do we have any real choice but to continue supporting Musharraf? Who better? Imperfect, to be sure, but still, as far as one can tell, working with us.
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Very, very sad news! :(

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[size=6]Benazir Bhutto killed in attack[/size]
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack.


Ms Bhutto - the first woman PM in an Islamic state - was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when a gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb.

At least 20 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.

President Pervez Musharraf has urged people to remain calm but angry protests have gripped some cities, with at least 11 deaths reported.

Security forces have been placed on a state of "red alert" nationwide.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack. Analysts believe Islamist militants to be the most likely group behind it.

Ms Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), had served as prime minister from 1988-1990 and 1993-1996, and had been campaigning ahead of elections due on 8 January.

It was the second suicide attack against her in recent months and came amid a wave of bombings targeting security and government officials.

Nawaz Sharif, also a former prime minister and a political rival, announced his Muslim League party would boycott the elections.

He called on President Musharraf to resign, saying free and fair elections were not possible under his rule.

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session and later said it "unanimously condemned" the assassination.

Scene of grief

Ms Bhutto's coffin was removed from hospital in Rawalpindi and has now arrived by plane in Sukkur in Sindh province for burial in her home town, Larkana.

Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, has arrived in Pakistan from Dubai to escort the coffin to its final resting-place.

The attack occurred close to an entrance gate of the city park where Ms Bhutto had been speaking.

Police confirmed reports Ms Bhutto had been shot in the neck and chest before the gunman blew himself up.

She died at 1816 (1316 GMT), said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of the PPP who was at hospital.

Some supporters at the hospital wept while others broke into anger, throwing stones at cars and breaking windows.

Protests erupted in other cities as news of the assassination spread, with reports of 11 deaths in the PPP's heartland province of Sindh, including four in provincial capital, Karachi.

More than 100 cars were burned in Karachi, while cars and a train were reportedly set on fire in Hyderabad.

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In other violence:


  • Police in Peshawar, in the north-west, used batons and tear gas to break up a rally by protesters chanting anti-Musharraf slogans

  • One man was killed in a "shoot-out" between police and protesters in Tando Allahyar, the mayor said

  • Unrest was also reported in Quetta, Multan and Shikarpur


'Security lapse'

Mr Musharraf has announced three days of national mourning. All schools, colleges, universities, banks and government offices will remain closed.

Mr Sharif said there had been a "serious lapse in security" by the government.

Earlier on Thursday, at least four people were killed ahead of an election rally Mr Sharif had been preparing to attend close to Rawalpindi.

Ms Bhutto's death has plunged the PPP into confusion and raises questions about whether January elections will go ahead as planned, the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says.

The killing was condemned by India, the US, the UK and others.

US President George W Bush telephoned Mr Musharraf for what the White House would only describe as a "brief" conversation on the situation.


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BENAZIR BHUTTO


  • Father led Pakistan before being executed in 1979

  • Spent five years in prison

  • Served as PM from 1988-1990 and 1993-1996

  • Sacked twice by president on corruption charges

  • Formed alliance with rival ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in 2006

  • Ended self-imposed exile by returning to Pakistan in October

  • Educated at Harvard and Oxford


Ms Bhutto returned from self-imposed exile in October after years out of Pakistan where she had faced corruption charges.

Her return was the result of a power-sharing agreement with President Musharraf

He had granted an amnesty that covered the court cases she was facing.

But relations with Mr Musharraf soon broke down.

On the day of her arrival, she had led a motor cavalcade through the city of Karachi.

It was hit by a double suicide attack that left some 130 dead.

Rawalpindi, the nerve centre of Pakistan's military, is seen as one of the country's most secure cities.

Many analysts say attacks like those on Thursday show the creeping "Talebanisation" of Pakistan.

Radical Muslims calling for Islamic law, and fiercely opposed to the US, have become increasingly active in Pakistani politics in recent years, analysts say.

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THE ASSASSINATION OF BENAZIR BHUTTO



  1. Benazir Bhutto had addressed a rally of thousands of supporters in Rawalpindi's Liaqat Bagh Park

  2. As her convoy was leaving the park via the rear gate onto Murree road, she was shot twice in the neck and chest

  3. The gunman then blew himself up killing at least 16 people

  4. Ms Bhutto was taken to Rawalpindi General Hospital, but was pronounced dead at 1816 local time.


Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm

Published: 2007/12/27 22:28:10 GMT

© BBC MMVII
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Dec 27 2007, 03:45 PM
Who to believe? Do we have any real choice but to continue supporting Musharraf? Who better? Imperfect, to be sure, but still, as far as one can tell, working with us.

Rightly or wrongly, there will be even more Pakistanis who will blame the US for "propping up" Musharaf to the detriment of their political heros, even when neither Musharaf nor the US is directly responsible for the misfortune of their political heros. :(
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I don't think Musharraf was behind this, but his comment on the "security lapse" is troubling. Sounds like he could have blood on his hands based on his lack of involvement.
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:no: What a horrible mess... :(
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Dec 27 2007, 08:01 PM
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Dec 27 2007, 03:45 PM
Who to believe?  Do we have any real choice but to continue supporting Musharraf?  Who better?  Imperfect, to be sure, but still, as far as one can tell, working with us.

Rightly or wrongly, there will be even more Pakistanis who will blame the US for "propping up" Musharaf to the detriment of their political heros, even when neither Musharaf nor the US is directly responsible for the misfortune of their political heros. :(

And there will be those who say the CIA was behind the assassination.

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Dec 27 2007, 05:16 PM
I don't think Musharraf was behind this, but his comment on the "security lapse" is troubling.  Sounds like he could have blood on his hands based on his lack of involvement.

His approval rating is in the single digits. Whether he is behind it or not, it's going to be rough going.
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